Julien Mier, a young composer and producer from the Netherlands known for his fragmented electronic melodies and washed out collision of musical genres, has collaborated with Japan-based musician & producer Erik Luebs aka Magical Mistakes on the release of a new track, titled 'Divide, Multiply.'

The track is included on the compilation 'YEAR FOUR,' released via King Deluxe celebrating their fourth anniversary - kingdeluxe.ca/year­four

King Deluxe are forging a reputation, not only for championing excellent music, but pairing their releases with superbly animated music videos, a number of which we've already had the pleasure of featuring on the Animated Review. This latest visual accompaniment comes courtesy of Japanese visual producer, installation artist and animator Keita Onishi, who specializes in rhythmical video expression related to music.

London-based independent animator and film-maker George Wheeler created this strikingly colourful music video, with an almost neon like vibrancy, for Jacob Perlmutter's track 'Meanwhile, in Rio.' Each frame was hand-drawn in oil pastel on white paper, then inverted in post to achieve the textural appearance and electrifying colour palette.

'Meanwhile, in Rio' is taken from the album of the same name, available now as a free download via www.meanwhileinrio.com

Being huge fans of David Lynch and 'Twin Peaks' we've already having a pretty exciting year... A new season is on the way, and with Lynch reportedly back on board, we though it couldn't get much better. But then we've been additionally rewarded with the shows bizarrely serene opening credits re-imagined and animated from And The World Was Paper. Having already posted an animated papercraft version of the 'Force Awaken' trailer, And The World Was Paper is now dedicated to recreating Hollywood movie scenes & trailers out of nothing but paper, promising a new episode every fortnight. He's currently working on a 'Mad Max' trailer!

His latest offering is a primary-coloured screen print of Bart Simpsons head! Rob has printed 200 of these, 150 of which will be pasted up around New York, with the remaining 50 now on sale via his online store, priced £25.00 (including shipping to the UK.)

Rob has also written an excellent comic called 'Artists of Today', which is currently being serialised on VICE. The comic makes fun of himself and his fellow artists currently enjoying this trend for irreverent, nostalgia driven artwork. The comic features hat tips to Matt Crabe, Wizard Skull, Tara McPherson, Banksy and Buff Monster to name a few. Pick up a copy here: www.etsy.com/killeracid

Yukai Du's, winning entry for D&AD New Blood 2015, 'Digitized Me' evokes and reflects upon similar themes to her Central Saint Martins graduation short 'Way Out'.

The 36 second animated fragment beautifully visualises our dependency on technological devices and social media, whilst also reflecting on escapist pursuits like painting, socialising, walking and reading. Inspired by a Kevin Kelly quote the piece explores how our analogue & digital lives converge, and how "Technology is a way to evolve the evolution. It's a way to explore possibilities and opportunities and create more!"

The creative French duo Gangpol & Mit (Guillaume Castagné and Sylvain Quément) are well known for their unparalleled symbiosis of absurd visuals and sound. Famed for their peculiar worlds of digital pop inhabited by colourful and geometrical characters.

Their latest animation subverts corporate PowerPoint presentations by combining a stream of ridiculous bullshit buzzwords with a bunch of bizarre cubic characters performing a variety of mundane and disconnected tasks.

Noted Chinese animator Lei Lei delves inside his personal history to bring to life his latest work. The kaleidoscopic animation humanises the game of Mahjong, depicting three characters in search of the fourth player.

'One Missing Player' expresses a general feeling of melancholy, lamenting the lack of sympathy in human relations.

This impressive music video, for the lead single from Son Lux’s upcoming album 'Bones,' features a simple, yet highly effective, use of ball-head push pins and elasticated thread in a painstaking combination of rotoscoping and stop motion animation.

'Change Is Everything' is an amazing project, conceived and animated by visual artist & producer Nathan Johnson. Nathan elaborates on the laborious technique in the 'Making-of'' (also posted below.) Including the necessity for rubberised finger thimbles and safety goggles!

After a lengthy hiatus, MONGRELS (aka Kid Acne & Benjamin) are set to return with a series of limited edition vinyl releases. The first of which, a 6 track 10" EP, will be due imminently!

Whilst the vinyl is in the process of being pressed you can now pre-order the MONGRELS T-shirt featuring an awesome boombox-toting interpretation of Krang from the 1980s version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The limited edition, hand-pulled screen printed tee is currently available to order via kidacne.bigcartel.com, priced £20!

A 50cm x 70cm single colour screen print of the same image is also dropping soon. With the proceeds of these sales going towards the production of the MONGRELS album.

Bootleg Bart catalogue the cultural phenomena of knock-off Simpsons T-shirt. After over a decade of searching, and collating a vast number of obscure tributes to the iconic yellow family, several recurring themes started to emerge. These visual trends have formed the basis for a series of super limited custom action figures being periodically released through the Bootleg Bart online store.

Following on from last years, long sold out, 'Black Bart' bootleg action figure, they've now released another classic rip-off! Merging iconic characters from two hit tv shows. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Simpson' combines Bart Simpson and Raphael of 'The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' into a spiky-haired hero in a half shell!

This new 3" figure, available in two distinct colour varients, has been booted from the same original 1989 Playmates Bart used for 'Black Bart', and customised by SonicYoot. Each toy has been individually cast by MR Anonymous, hand-painted, numbered and completed with sai & nun chuck accessories!

Available as a timed release (May 4th - May 15th), priced $69. Pick one up via the Bootleg Bart online store whilst you still can!

Todd Terje's 'It's Album Time' track 'Alfonso Muskedunder' has been released accompanied by a zany music video. Directed by Espen Friberg the video features animation from Bendik Kaltenborn, who was also responsible for Terje's cover art.

Nata Metlukh's Vancouver Film School graduation short 'Fears', gives physical embodiment to people's rational and irrational fears. Depicting them as Ghibli-esque creatures, acting as both debilitating gremlins and self-preservatory guardians.